ROWLAND, John, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn.,
May 24, 1957; graduated from Holy Cross High School, Waterbury, Conn., 1975; B.S., Villanova
University, Villanova, Pa.,1979; insurance agent; member of the Connecticut general assembly,
1981-1984; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the two succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1985-January 3, 1991); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Second
Congress in 1990, but was an unsuccessful nominee for governor of Connecticut; Governor of
Connecticut, 1994-2004.